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Children's Job Moves: April 2018
New job announcements in children’s publishing for April 2018.
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Forever Young: Backlist Backbones 2018
In a category dominated by evergreen bestsellers—Seuss and Sendak, L’Engle and Rowling—it can be easy to forget how rich and varied the children’s backlist is.
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Spotlight on Middle Grade: Spring 2018
We take a closer look at the ever-shifting and expanding middle grade category, including some of the latest developments in fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and more.
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2018 Los Angeles Times Festival in Photos
See children's book-related highlights from this year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, which took place April 21–22, bringing together more than 150,000 attendees.
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HarperCollins Brings Roblox Books to North America
HarperCollins has been named the publishing licensee in the U.S. and Canada for Roblox, an online entertainment platform that draws more than 60 million fans of all ages each month.
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In Brief: April 26, 2018
This week, fans show some love for Erin Entrada Kelly; authors and illustrators accept their Ezra Jack Keats book awards; Eloise Greenfield is honored; Melissa de la Cruz gets chummy with Descendants fans; and Kate Beasley enjoys a warm elementary school welcome.
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Triangle Interactive Looks to Grow Kids’ Read-Along E-book Market
Targeting a niche in the thriving audiobook market, Triangle Interactive has released an initial list of 1,000 English and Spanish-language children's e-books from a variety of publishers.
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Lee Bennett Hopkins Celebrates Eight Decades and Two New Anthologies
We spoke with poet Lee Bennett Hopkins, who celebrated his 80th birthday on April 13, and has just added two anthologies to his oeuvre.
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Rights Report: Week of April 23, 2018
New deals for Molly Dillon, Sarvenaz Tash, Roseanne Montillo, and more.
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S&S Partners with Guggenheim on Interactive Children's Programming
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City are teaming up to host a new event series that connects young readers with a number of contemporary picture book illustrators.
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Obituary: Anne Rockwell
Author and illustrator Anne Rockwell, celebrated for her many informational picture books for very young children, died of natural causes on April 10. She was 85.
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In Brief: April 19, 2018
This week, the Baltic Summit holds a screening of 'Ashes in the Snow'; Ally Carter visits Alaska; Enchanted Lion honors Liniers and Helen Borten; and Kate Hosford celebrates the release of 'Mama’s Belly.'
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Obituary: Mimi Kayden
Children’s book marketing director Mimi Kayden, whose tenure at Dutton and Penguin Young Readers lasted 28 years, died on April 16 following a brief illness; she was 84.
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Life Stories: A Celebration of the Picture Book Biography at NYU
Authors, illustrators, and industry professionals gathered on April 13 for a symposium exploring a singular form of storytelling—the picture book biography.
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La Librairie Parisienne: From Hollywood to Paris
Eight years ago, artist Jackie Clark Mancuso and Hollywood producer Stephen Ujlaki started La Librairie Parisienne to publish the picture book adventures of an expatriate terrier named Hudson.
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Rights Report: Week of April 16, 2018
New deals for Alexandra Styron, Bryan Stevenson, Amanda Hocking, and more.
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W.W. Norton Brings on Boughton to Launch Children’s Imprint
W.W. Norton & Company has announced the launch of its first children’s book imprint, Norton Young Readers, helmed by publishing director Simon Boughton.
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Marketing Middle Grade Books
We asked editors and marketing and publicity teams to share their insights on middle grade marketing trends and to spotlight some recent successful efforts in this area.
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Diversifying Middle Grade Books
A crop of new imprints and initiatives reflect publishers’ ongoing efforts to expand the middle grade category, seeking out traditionally underrepresented voices and stories.
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Middle Grade Storytelling Goes Graphic
Graphic novels for middle grade readers are the hottest category in books right now, but the category was almost nonexistent 15 years ago.



